James Foreman is from Mustang, Oklahoma and has been involved in cheerleading for 21 years. On top of cheering on his high school team, he started his all-star cheer career at Tribe Cheer. After high school he attended Oklahoma State University where he studied architecture, cheered, and was also on Cheer Athletics Wildcats. He was blessed to win both a NCA Collegiate title and a World Championship while a part of these teams. He had the amazing opportunity to be coached by some of the top coaches in the industry during his time in college. He then returned to his roots in all-star and has been the director and head coach at Tribe Cheer since 2007. James loves snowboarding, traveling, and knocking off things on his bucket list. He enjoys adventures, shows, playing golf, and watching sports. He loves people and truly finds joy in others’ happiness.
James has been incredibly blessed to be a part of so many amazing teams throughout his career. As a coach he has won multiple state championships, multiple Cheersport national titles, won Grand Champion at NCA High School Nationals, won NCA All-Star titles in levels 3-7, and took home a silver medal at the World Championship. Most recently, both of his teams won the 2022 D1 Summit. He choreographed and mixed music for almost every one of these teams as well. Specifically with choreography, he has won numerous specialty awards at NCA including more than 10 NCA Innovative Choreography Awards. He has worked with every age and ability level from tinys to collegiate athletes and finds joy in every student he works with. James is currently Greenlighted through the USASF background check and credentialed in tumbling and building levels 1-7.
The strategies and philosophies in both coaching and choreography are something that James cares deeply about. He currently coaches more than 150 athletes of all ability levels between his 8 school and all-star teams and is very in tune with all types of athletic personalities. Although there are many principles that are consistent among the most successful teams, he knows that every team and every athlete has different motivations and needs. James prides himself in the ability to bring out the best in every student and program. He will brag that not in one of his championships was his team the most talented, but they did the right things to become a champion. He constantly instills the confidence, drive, and work ethic into his teams to become champions. This with a combination of well thought out, visual, intricate, entertaining, and innovative choreography will bring out the Champion in any team willing to put in the work.
